putrikā पुत्रिका – putrakā, -putrikā 1 A daughter.

substantive feminine

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Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

putrakā, -putrikā 1 A daughter. 2 A doll, puppet. 3 A daughter appointed to raise male issue for a father who has no sons; aputra'nena vidhinā sutāṃ kurvīta putrikāṃ . yadapatyaṃ bhavedasyāṃ tanmama syātsvadhākaram ... 4 The cotton or down of the tamarisk. 5 ([Page 0708-b]) (At the end of comp.) Anything little or small of its kind; as in asiputrikā, khaṅgaputrikā &c. Comp. — putraḥ, -sutaḥ 1 a daughter's son who by agreement becomes the son of her father; see Ms. 9. 127. 2 a daughter who, being regarded as a son, returns to her father's house; (putrikaiva putraḥ; athavā putrikaiva sutaḥ putrikāsutaḥ so'pyaurasasama eva Mit. on Y. 2. 128). 3 a grandson — prasūḥ a mother of daughters. — bhartṛ m. ‘a daughter's husband,’ a son-in-law.